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May 14 2008, Tomas

A key mechanism by which smoking triggers genetic changes that cause lung cancer has been unravelled.

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A man has a cigarette at the bar of a restaurant in Baltimore in this January file photo. A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers.